Decided to go ahead and hunt my Grady female Dash the rest of the season. I have been running her on derby marks but decided to wait until spring to run her in a FT so letting her do what duck dogs do for a month or so before getting back to training. Finally got her on some birds. She retrieved her first goose with no problem and made an awesome retrieve on a drake that dived on her 5 or 6 times but she stayed with him and finished the retrieve.

labman63 wrote:Decided to go ahead and hunt my Grady female Dash the rest of the season. I have been running her on derby marks but decided to wait until spring to run her in a FT so letting her do what duck dogs do for a month or so before getting back to training. Finally got her on some birds. She retrieved her first goose with no problem and made an awesome retrieve on a drake that dived on her 5 or 6 times but she stayed with him and finished the retrieve.

Glad she's coming along nicely for you, Dave. Robbie hunted Cruz over the Thanksgiving holidays and again before Christmas for a few day and was quite pleased with her steadiness and retrieving abilites. I got to handle her a few times last week out at the farm and she performed well for me. He's gonna leave her with Dave Wilson while he's out of the country for the month and he'll start working on handling. I had to beg out of doing it right now as I am hobbled by a broken foot!Happy New Year!Bob